--- title: "1 C-s-lewis Quotes By Humphrey Carpenter" description: "1 C-s-lewis quotes by Humphrey Carpenter. Plus more from Humphrey Carpenter and more C-s-lewis sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ce/humphrey-carpenter-48767_c-s-lewis_but-said-lewis-myths-are-lies-even-thoug_1005474.jpg" --- > [“But, said Lewis, myths are lies, even though lies breathed through silver. No, said Tolkien, they are not. ...just as speech is invention about objects and ideas, so myth is invention about truth. We have come from God (continued Tolkien),…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphrey-carpenter/but-said-lewis-myths-are-lies-even-though-lies-breathed-through/) [Humphrey Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humphrey-carpenter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ce/humphrey-carpenter-48767_c-s-lewis_but-said-lewis-myths-are-lies-even-thoug_1005474.jpg) ## Other authors on C-s-lewis - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-cs-lewis-25587.jpg) C.S. Lewis 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/c-s-lewis/c-s-lewis-2/) ## More by Humphrey Carpenter > [I can write, He floated up to the ceiling, and a baby rabbit came out of his pocket, grew wings, and flew away. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphrey-carpenter/i-can-write-he-floated-up-to-the-ceiling-and-a-baby-rabbit-came-out/) [Humphrey Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humphrey-carpenter/) > [“But, said Lewis, myths are lies, even though lies breathed through silver. No, said Tolkien, they are not. ...just as speech is invention about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphrey-carpenter/but-said-lewis-myths-are-lies-even-though-lies-breathed-through/) [Humphrey Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humphrey-carpenter/) > [The nice thing about being a writer is that you can make magic happen without learning tricks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphrey-carpenter/the-nice-thing-about-being-a-writer-is-that-you-can-make-magic-happen/) [Humphrey Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humphrey-carpenter/) > [Autobiography is probably the most respectable form of lying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphrey-carpenter/autobiography-is-probably-the-most-respectable-form-of-lying/) [Humphrey Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humphrey-carpenter/) > [You call a star a star, and say it is just a ball of matter moving on a mathematical course. But that is merely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphrey-carpenter/you-call-a-star-a-star-and-say-it-is-just-a-ball-of-matter-moving-on/) [Humphrey Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humphrey-carpenter/) > [“And though he liked drawing trees he liked most of all to be with trees. He would climb them, lean against them, even talk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphrey-carpenter/and-though-he-liked-drawing-trees-he-liked-most-of-all-to-be-with/) [Humphrey Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humphrey-carpenter/) > [“Or rather, it made him into two people. He was by nature a cheerful almost irrepressible person with a great zest for life. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphrey-carpenter/or-rather-it-made-him-into-two-people-he-was-by-nature-a-cheerful/) [Humphrey Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humphrey-carpenter/) > [“The poet was, of course, always present to assist the debater. Though the logic of Lewis's Christian apologetics may be fallible, the imagination of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphrey-carpenter/the-poet-was-of-course-always-present-to-assist-the-debater-though/) [Humphrey Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humphrey-carpenter/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/c-s-lewis/humphrey-carpenter/#itemlist", "name": "1 C-s-lewis Quotes By Humphrey Carpenter", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“But, said Lewis, myths are lies, even though lies breathed through silver. No, said Tolkien, they are not. ...just as speech is invention about objects and ideas, so myth is invention about truth. 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